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Jun 02, 2019
Carrie Brownstein (CB) shares her experiences of life on the road in an all girl band in the heyday of the Northwest punk scene in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. Her band, Sleater-Kinney, toured on their own through Europe and as the opening act for Pearl Jam. In this book, she describes her early musical and artistic influences growing up in urban western Washington. She gives an account of her desire to be part of the punk scene and what she did to grow that into playing in a successful band. CB shares her coming out and relationships in and out of the band. There is a real intimacy in an audio book read by the author about her own experiences. It’s as if she is sitting across from you, sharing her life and reflections. This book is a frank, open look at a young woman’s dreams and how she worked to make them come true. She ends when Sleater-Kinney has their final show in 2006. In the post audio book interview, CB explains that ending there was a conscious effort not to include her work on Portlandia. Maybe that’s for another day…